Fintech · 16-40 people · 25,000 tickets/mo · slow AHT · base case

Fintech support team: 16 agents for 25,000 tickets/month

Financial support carries identity verification and compliance steps that add handling time regardless of how simple the underlying question is.

Verdict: Worth buying

  • 0.2-month payback and 7.9x first-year return on a 7293/month platform fee.
  • Headcount spans 8-16 agents across your industry's handle-time range. Measure your real AHT for two weeks before you budget - the band is usually wider than anyone expects.
  • We phased the saving in over 12 months via attrition. Cutting 6 people on day one would cost roughly $210,334 in severance and is usually worse than phasing it.
  • A 7.9x return means a large share of your support cost was avoidable labour, not overhead. Re-check that handle time and loaded rate are right - if either is overstated the return collapses.
Agents needed
16
range 8–16
Monthly labour cost
$224,356
$112,178 – $224,356
Heads removable via automation
6
10 agents remain
Net monthly effect
$76,841
platform cost $7,293/mo
Payback
0.19902230892635034 months
at this volume
Year-one cash effect
$661,687
including setup and severance

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Model v1. Figures are estimates from published benchmarks, not a quote.